Low FODMAP Pesto Pasta with Pesto Sauce and Veggies is a great addition to your recipe collection while you are healing your gut. Following a low FODMAP diet has been incredibly helpful for many of those suffering from these IBS symptoms throughout their life.
This recipe is a perfect start for better digestive health!
This is a great recipe if you have fresh basil growing in a pot or your garden.
First, make the pesto sauce in a blender. Then boil gluten-free pasta and while the pasta is boiling, you can saute the vegetables. Once the pesto sauce and vegetables are cooked, mix them together and then put them on top of pasta and enjoy!
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Low FODMAP Pesto Pasta
Ingredients
Pasta
- 1 box pasta We used Ancient Harvest Brand, Gluten Free
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 head broccoli chopped into florets
- 1 bell pepper sliced
- 2 zucchini sliced
- 1/4 cup pesto
Pesto
- 1 cup basil washed thoroughly and spun dry
- 1 1/2 tbsp pine nuts toasted
- 1/4 cup olive oil extra virgin
- salt
- 2 cups parmesan cheese freshly grated
Instructions
- Prepare the pesto sauce by first washing and drying the basil leaves.
- Toast pine nuts over medium heat until nuts have browned slightly.
- In a blender, place the basil, olive oil, salt and pine nuts and blend. Pour blender contents into a bowl and stir in parmesan cheese.
- Boil pot of water and cook pasta according to package instructions.
- While the pasta is cooking, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add broccoli, peppers, zucchini and then cover with lid. Stirring occasionally, cook the vegetables until they are tender. About 10 minutes.
- Mix the prepared pesto sauce in with the vegetables. Top the pasta with the veggie mixture. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Please note:
Nutrition info is an estimate and may contain errors.
-Blog reviewed and updated by Rebecca Bitzer MS RD LD September 10, 2021
Dana uses her advanced training in functional nutrition and food sensitivities to help her clients love and trust food again as they heal from years of painful symptoms that have dominated their lives. Co-author of Nourished: 10 Ingredients to Happy, Healthy Eating and Cooking with Food Sensitivities Survival Guide.